She got up from the bed, all foggy, the effects of the sleeping pill taking time to wear off. She slowly nudged to freshen herself.
‘ Go make breakfast’, her husband ordered and she moved.
She moved herself as a robot. Her list for the day was stuck on the table, she just followed it to the T.
In the night she went and sat on the bed, he came and gave her ‘pill(s)’. She took it and laid down. It was so easy, she thought,to occupy herself when there were orders to follow, do this, do that, exercise, eat, sleep…so easy.
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In response to Velvet Verbosity’s 100 words challenge; the word prompt being ‘Occupy’.
October 2011 is the Violence against women awareness month ( for details you can check here) and this word prompt somehow reminded me of this subject. Be aware and spread the word.
Thank you for this post.
Just wanted to pitch in with whatever I could muster, that’s all,
Thanks for visiting and pls do come again
thanks u so much we will link this up in VAWM blog post oct 1st
Thanks to u and ur team Monika, hope this month will make a difference in the life of the ‘sufferers’
Sad ..
Yes, isn’t it
Painful……..dunno what more to say.
😦
This is very intense … and there are countless women who live this experience on a daily basis ! Thanks for sharing !
Yes they do and I shudder to think what a way to live.
That was eerie. Thanks for spreading the word.
Yes it is eerie. 😦
very appropriate. I hope that the women who need help can break free from this cycle and realize that doing exactly what you are told is the right way to live.
visiting from 100 words
True Carrie but very often, like the woman in this piece, do not understand that they are being abused, sad isn’t it
Very sad!
Yes
very sad!
It is sad indeed, to marry a man hoping to share joy and sorrows and then to be manipulated like a puppet….really sad
This gave me the jitters… you have written this piece with unusual sensitivity. Brilliant!
PS: New look for the blog? Looks really pretty!
True stories usually are scary 😦
Makes me shudder. It’s too bad that, sometimes, this isn’t fiction.
Its not fiction, something which I saw a few days back and the irony is that I could in no way help the woman
Very creepy and ominous. Effective use of your 100 words. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Sarah
as one who works in the field, I thank you for highlighting the plight of the women who survive such tactics. Keep reaching out – knowledge is really the key.
Will do my best to spread the word. Physical abuse is much easier to heal but mental/psychlogical abuse, wherein the victim herself is unaware……….takes a long long time to mend
Really living, really being alive and living every day with intent – it gets so lost to too many. Welcome aboard the challenge!
Yes VV, to be really interested in living is tough for many.
Thanks